Executive Staff

Steven Tannehill, MBA, Director
Catherine Grooms, MBA, Assistant Director
Kelle Warren, Program Specialist

Business Advisors & Area of Expertise

Andrew Barden - Marketing, Utilizing Social Networking Tools (eg Facebook, Linkedin, etc)

Tora Brown - MSPA - Certifications for bidding public contracts

Robert Ehrhardt - BS Chemistry;  MA Public Policy - Environmental Health & Safety;  Manufacturing Process Flow

Nina Grooms-Lee - MBA Harvard - Business Startups, Marketing, Business Plans, Access to Capital, Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP!)

Catherine Grooms -  MBA U of Baltimore - Primary Center Advisor, Accounting

Charlie Gill - Senior Counselor, Lease and Facilities;  Masterminds

Charles Yacoobian - CPA - Financial Management, Export / Import, General Management, Growth Management, Inventory Management,

Malia McKinney - Sales & Marketing, Antelope Valley Representative

Gil Murphy - Access to Capital;  Finance & Business Plans

Paul Mazbanian - MBA - Accessing Debt Financing

Crystalynn Shelton - BA Accounting, UT - Accounting / QuickBooks / POS

Connie Sparks - Business Trainings;  Professional Development

Steve Tannehill - MBA Cal - Capital Markets, Primary Counselor

Ben Tenn - MBA UCLA - Business Startups;  Strategy, Marketing Sales, San Fernando Valley Representative

Suzan Velez - Human Resources and Organizational Change Management

College Interns and Areas of Responsibility

Taylor Ritenour - Website & Database Support

Anita Tovmasyan - Client Files & Data Integrity

Kanesh Lakdawala - Young Entrepreneur Program

Miluska Mogrovejo - Marketing